Garment



Nov. 20 1923. 1,474,896

0. EKBERG GARMENT Filed March 18. 1922 UNHTEFD iii.

OLAF EKIBIERG, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

GARMENT.

Application filed March 18,. 1922.

1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLAF EKBERG, a citizen of the United States, residin at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and tate of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to overcoats and particularly to the collars thereof.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a collar which may lay open with the lapels flat upon the breast in the usual way, the collar being adapted to be buttoned up close about the neck when it is desired to use the coat as a. storm coat or in cold weather.

Therefore, under ordinary conditions the overcoat may have the appearance of an ordinary dress overcoat but in cold or stormy weather, the collar can be buttoned up closearound the neck to give the appearance of a military overcoat and thereby provide a storm collar.

The coat can be made for men or women while incorporating the principle of the invention.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front view of a coat with an open neck.

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the neck closed.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the collar detached from the coat, and

Fig. 4. is a view of the collar folded over longitudinally.

The coat proper is designated 1 and may conform to any general style. The ends of the collar 2 are slit, as at 3 and 4: and one end of the collar is preferably provided. with limttonholes 5 and 6 while the other end of the collar on the inner side of the slit 3 is provided with a button 7. the button being sewed on the underneath portion of the collar so that it will not be visible when the coat is open, as shown in Fig. 1.

The coat is provided with the usual lapels 8 and 9. When it is desired to wear the col- Serial No. 544,8 9.

lar in the usual way, as shown in Fig. 1, the collar ends and lapels will appear as is common in an ordinary overcoat. When it is desired to use the coat as a storm coat, however, or to button the coat tightly around the neck, the lapels are folded one over the other so that the lapel 9 comes within the lapel 8 and the buttonhole 1.0 can engage a button 11 normally concealed under the lapel 9. The buttonhole 6 will engage the button '7 so that the collar will take the position shown in Fig. 2. If desired, the buttonhole 5 can also engage a button on the underside of the opposite end of the collar 2. The slits 3 and 4- permit the collar to be folded over or broken along the line 12 (see so that the portion 13 will fit tightly around the neck, allowing the portion 14 to lie comparatively loose so as to give a finished appearance to the coat.

It will be seen that the improvement in the coat is exceedingly simple in that it is only necessary to provide the slits 3 and i, to divide the ends of the collar and provide the necessary buttonholes and buttons in order. to render the coat adaptable to two entirely different styles, one the open style as shown in Fig. 1, and the other the closed style as shown in Fig. 2.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. it coat having a collar. the ends of which are separated from the lapels of the coat. the ends having longitudinal slits in their edges, and means for fastening the ends of the collar together on the inner portions to leave the outer portions on the outside of the slits free to hang from the collar.

2. A. coat having a collar and lapels. the ends of the collar being spaced from the lapels and having longitudinal slits from their outer ends inwardly so that the collar isadapted in one position to lie flat against the shoulder and in another position to fold along the lines of the slits, and means for fastening the inside of the collar portions together when the collar is folded along the line of the slits.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture.

GLAF EKBERG. 

